11-letter words containing a, t, i, l, n
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
- hallucinant — a person who experiences hallucinations
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- hamiltonian — pertaining to or advocating Hamiltonianism.
- hand lotion — a liquid that you put on your hands to make them feel softer and smoother
- hand-tailor — to produce (a garment or the like) by individual workmanship.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- hariolation — the act of divining or prophesying
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hate-listen — to listen to a radio show, singer, etc., that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize: Why do I continue to hate-listen to his silly podcasts?
- healthiness — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heavenliest — Superlative form of heavenly.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hightailing — Present participle of hightail.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.